ASCIDIUM Definition & Meaning

ascidium

[ uh-sid-ee-uhm ]

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noun

Botany, Mycology.

plural ascidia

a baglike or pitcherlike part.

ascidium

/ əˈ��ɪ��ɪə�� /

noun

part of a plant that is shaped like a pitcher, such as the modified leaf of the pitcher plant

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of ascidium¹

1760–70; < New Latin < Greek ��í�徱�ǲ� a small bag, equivalent to ask ( ó�� ) bag + -idion -idium

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of ascidium¹

C18: from New Latin, from Greek askidion a little bag, from askos bag

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Pitch′er-plant, a plant with leaves shaped like a pitcher or ascidium—Nepenthes, &c.—Pitchers have ears, there may be listeners.

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Ascidium, a pitcher-shaped body, like leaves of Sarracenia.

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It appeared from some transitional forms that the adventitious leaflet, just mentioned, was due to the exaggerated development of this gland, but no clue was afforded as to the origin of the ascidium.

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It is not in all cases easy to trace the origin and true nature of the ascidium, as the venation is sometimes obscure.

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This is the pitcher or ascidium.

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